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Aug 06, 2023

New Texas laws that take effect on Sept. 1, 2023

Rebecca Salinas, Digital Journalist Mason Hickok, Digital Producer Trainee Halee Powers, News Producer Valerie Gomez, Video Editor SAN ANTONIO – New laws surrounding school safety, crime, gender,

Rebecca Salinas, Digital Journalist

Mason Hickok, Digital Producer Trainee

Halee Powers, News Producer

Valerie Gomez, Video Editor

SAN ANTONIO – New laws surrounding school safety, crime, gender, voting and guns in Texas go into effect on Sept. 1.

Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas lawmakers passed more than 1,100 bills during the 88th Legislature, and 774 of those are about to go into effect. Click here to see which ones already became law in June.

Among those that become law on Sept. 1 are a sweeping school safety bill that requires an armed person at every school campus, the “Puppy Mill Bill” that clamps down on breeders, the “Death Star Bill” that returns sovereign regulatory powers to Texas, and a bill that climates sales tax for several health-related and family care products.

Other new laws address road safety, books in schools, transgender children, fentanyl, COVID-19 mandates, workplace violence, electric vehicle registration and hair discrimination.

Here’s a guide to notable laws to look out for.

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